• Combination in Sphinctomyrmex (Eusphinctus): Emery, 1911e: 7
• Combination in Eusphinctus (Eusphinctus): Wheeler, 1918a: 229
• Combination in Sphinctomyrmex: Brown, 1975: 33
• Combination in Zasphinctus: Borowiec, 2016: 243
• Subspecies of Zasphinctus steinheili: Wheeler, 1918a: 229
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 7; Brown, 1975: 33, 79; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 50; Taylor, 1987a: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 392.
• Senior synonym of Zasphinctus hackeri: Brown, 1975: 33; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 50; Taylor, 1987a: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 392.

Junior synonyms

• Zasphinctus hackeri (Wheeler, 1918)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sphinctomyrmex hackeri, Eusphinctus hackeri

Obsolete combinations

• Eusphinctus duchaussoyi
• Sphinctomyrmex duchaussoyi

Citations

• André, Ern. 1905. Description d'un genre nouveau et de deux espèces nouvelles de fourmis d'Australie. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 24:205-208. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borowiec, M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608:1-280. 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 53:215-265. PDF